Big retirement homes plan for town car park

A big retirement homes complex is being proposed for a site close to Market Harborough town centre, currently a car park.

The retirement complex would be on a large vacant plot on Clarence Street, off St Mary’s Road and within walking distance of the railway station.

The land is currently being used as a car park, but was formerly a depot for builders’ merchants Travis Perkins.

Clarence Street residents spoken to by the Mail this week are broadly in favour of the scheme, though some have misgivings about its height in particular, saying it could cause privacy and loss of sunlight issues.

The new development would be between two and four storeys high.

The Churchill scheme would provide around 49 one and two bedroom apartments for the over 60s.

Apartment owners would have a lodge manager, 24 hour careline, owners’ lounge and guest Suite, all in landscaped grounds.